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The dome-headed, knee-height object looks like an average fire hydrant, but the water gusher on Forsyth Street in New York City\u2019s Lower East Side is netting the city extraordinary gains: $33,118 annually, Ben Wellington estimates. The statistics professor from Pratt Institute, studying figures from NYC Open Data, suspected something was amiss when one address repeatedly turned up parking tickets.<\/p>\n

For comparison, a worker putting in 40 hours per week at NYC’s minimum wage of $8.00 per hour will earn $16,640 in a year – almost exactly half the hydrant’s annual take.<\/p>\n

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The 2014 U.S. poverty line for a single-person household in the lower 48 states: $11,670. In much of the country, this fire hydrant’s annual income of $33,118 plants it in the middle class. From Gizmodo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Across from 152 Forsyth Street, a fire hydrant had caused 187 drivers in a seven-month period to receive tickets. It\u2019s set about seven feet back from the road, but cars aren\u2019t allowed to park within fifteen feet of hydrants. Motorists often park at the location, however, because of misleading white lines painted on the street.<\/span><\/p>\n

The space between the lines is wide enough for a car, and in some areas, it\u2019s marked by diagonal lines\u2014but not in front of the hydrant, suggesting that the space is reserved for parking. The problem is compounded by a sidewalk extension that was constructed in 2008 to provide more room for pedestrians strolling along the east side of Sara D. Roosevelt Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the extension is separated from the original curb by raised cobblestones landscaped with trees. Many believe that that area delineates the sidewalk and that the space between it and the markings is a bike lane. Indeed, according to the New York Post<\/i>, many cyclists use it as such. And the city\u2019s Department of Transportation<\/a> (DOT) has said that drivers may park in front of hydrants if a protected bike lane separates vehicles from them.<\/p>\n

In a Twitter exchange with journalist Alex Silverman last fall, the agency approved the practice \u201cif there is a designated marked parking space and the pertinent parking sign authorizes parking.\u201d No parking sign authorizes parking at that spot, but the DOT has said that it will review the street markings that are contributing to the problem.<\/p>\n

Until then, unsuspecting drivers may continue to receive tickets, which, at $115 a pop, earned the city $21,505 in the seven-month period studied by Wellington. That doesn\u2019t sit well with Sharon Hoahing, who works near the controversial hydrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable how often the cops come by here,\u201d she told the Post<\/i>. \u201cI have no problem with them saying, \u2018You can\u2019t park there.\u2019 If it\u2019s a hydrant, mark it off correctly.\u201d For Steven Harvey, who received a citation, the problem doesn\u2019t reside with the markings, but with the hydrant itself. \u201cI had no idea it was a hydrant,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was set so far back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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